Videos

View a selection of videos featuring presentations and talks by Library staff and guest speakers. 

Mary Poppins
1:51

Mary Poppins: The Beginning

Emma Gray, curator, is interviewed about PL Travers' early life as well as the author's opinions on the famous Walt Disney musical film.

2 July 2009

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40:35

Looking Australian

Margot Riley, Dress historian, presents Looking Australian: images as a resource for the study of Australian Dress.

17 November 2008

28:34

My Good Comrade of the Rugby League

Andy Carr presents My Good Comrade of the Rugby League: Discovering the Writings of Harry Sunderland in the State Library of New South Wales.

7 November 2008

58:29

Geoffrey Blainey: Captain Cook and His Rivals

In 1769, two ships set out in search of a missing continent. That Christmas, in New Zealand waters, the two captains were almost within sight of each other, though neither knew of the other's existence.

20 October 2008

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